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“Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion, to particular classes of opinion, and the strength of efforts to get released from these pledges, is the measure of our advancement.”

Passion Interest Party Effort Opinion Class Particular Prejudice Affection Advancement Pledge Sects

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“All prejudices, whether of race, sect or sex, class pride and caste distinctions are the belittling inheritance and badge of snobs and prigs.”

Sex Race Class Pride Prejudice Distinction Inheritance Sects Badges Castes Snob Belittle

Book:A Voice from the South

Source: A Voice from the South

“Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.”

World Christianity Essence Prejudice Sects Accommodate Perversion Transcendentalism

Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)

“The novelist must look on humanity without partiality or prejudice. His sympathy, like that of the historian, must be unbounded, and untainted by sect or party.”

Looks Humanity Party Prejudice Novelists Historian Sympathy Sects Partiality

Book:Lectures and Essays

Source: Lectures and Essays

“America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.”

Different America Social Religious Opinion Prejudice Colony Exaggerated Sects

Author:James F. Cooper

“If the soul is impartial in receiving information, it devotes to that information the share of critical investigation the information deserves, and its truth or untruth thus becomes clear. However, if the soul is infected with partisanship for a particular opinion or sect, it accepts without a moment's hesitation the information that is agreeable to it. Prejudice and partisanship obscure the critical faculty and preclude critical investigation. The results is that falsehoods are accepted and transmitted.”

“We call upon all communities to be tolerant, to reject prejudice based on caste, creed, sect, colour, religion or agenda to ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”

Community Half Color Succeed Prejudice Agendas Rejects Creeds Sects Castes Women Equality Freedom And Equality

Author:Malala Yousafzai